by e-Patient Dave | Jun 21, 2010
Paul Roemer (LinkedIn, Twitter ) is speaking this Thursday at Health 2.0 in Bethesda. He’s a Twitter friend who has a lot in common with me: a cancer kicker with a business background, who now sees himself as an e-patient. There’s one big difference: he went...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 11, 2010
I’ve only been studying healthcare for two years – far less than most people on this blog – and I hesitate to be overly assertive. But I have, finally, reached the point where I feel confident in citing cases where people are simply being...
by e-Patient Dave | Jun 7, 2010
Three weeks ago you met mother and daughter Diane and Hilary Engelman, and learned of their odyssey through the land of smoke and mirrors as Diane fought to get Hilary the correct surgery. Hilary had been told to hurry up and have babies early because she supposedly...
by e-Patient Dave | May 26, 2010
As many of you know, a hard part of being in the world of cancer fighters is that sometimes we lose one. I’m sad to report the passing on April 23 of Judy Feder, who shared her powerful e-patient story here just a year ago. Please re-read how, through her...
by e-Patient Dave | May 22, 2010
Meet Donna Cryer – another person who was an e-patient before she ever heard the word. (Weren’t we all?) As with Diane Engelman’s “mama lion” story this week, we connected with Donna through the internet. I heard her speak last month at...
by e-Patient Dave | May 18, 2010
Through the magic of Google Alerts, Diane Engelman recently learned of this blog. She’s one heck of an e-patient, though until now she’d never heard the word. That proves patient empowerment is a real trend, driven by a powerful force: the desire to help...
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